New chief for land council
Paul Toohey; 6/5/08
Darwin - born Aboriginal man Kim Hill is expected to be confirmed today as the chief executive of the Northern Land Council with a mandate to bring to an end a long and unsettled period for Australia’s major Aboriginal land organisation. Mr Hill, 40, beat Melbourne-based Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton to the job. He was appointed by the NLC’s nine-member executive council to fill the role that has been held by caretakers since Norman Fry resigned immediately after the federal election last November. Since then, the land council has attracted unwanted attention for its infighting and a federal government-ordered review of its affairs.
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